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CDC panel overturns 1991 newborn vaccine policy, triggering warnings of a public health backslide
A powerful advisory group within the CDC voted Friday to overturn a longstanding precaution designed to protect newborn babies. If the change is approved by the acting director of...
Science says these Christmas songs tank productivity at work
It’s the first week of December. If you don’t already have the Christmas tunes blasting in the office, what are you waiting for? The debate over listening to music...
Frank Gehry, world-renowned architect, dies at 96
Frank Gehry, who designed some of the most imaginative buildings ever constructed and achieved a level of worldwide acclaim seldom afforded any architect, has died. He was 96. Gehry...
Urban mining is a smarter path to mineral independence
In South Korea several weeks ago, the U.S. and China came to a temporary agreement, in which they’ll kick a rare-earth can down the road. The agreement took the form of a one-year pause in the...
AI readiness: Philanthropy’s hidden multiplier
When film cameras were invented, people didn’t become filmmakers overnight. We pointed cameras at theater stages, digitizing what already existed. It took us a while to reimagine what film cameras could...
An influential article that called Monsanto’s Roundup safe for humans has been retracted 25 years later
In April 2000, Elsevier published an article in the journal Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, which claimed that the herbicide Roundup (glyphosate) from the Monsanto Company didn’t pose a risk...
Fed’s favorite inflation indicator stayed elevated in September as spending weakened
The Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of inflation changed little in September, likely easing the way to a widely expected interest rate cut by the central bank next week. Prices rose...
Trump administration to expand travel ban to more than 30 countries
The Trump administration will be expanding its ban on travel for citizens of certain countries to more than 30, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said, in the latest restriction to come since a...
Stock market nears an all-time high
The U.S. stock market is flirting with its all-time high on Friday. The S&P 500 rose 0.1% and was on track earlier in the day to squeak past its record...
BTC price: Bitcoin is seeing a trend that hasn’t happened since 2014. Here’s why crypto markets are so unusual right now
It is a relatively rare phenomenon: While the stock market continues to experience record gains (the S&P 500 is up over 16% this year), Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies continue to...
